Chapter 24
Jiang Wan pressed on Lin Xubai, one hand on his shoulder and the other covering the lower half of his face. The warm air flow hit Jiang Wan's palm, burning it.
The heat was so intense that Jiang Wan immediately retracted his vigilant gaze, and stopped his gaze on the back of the hand that was blocking the breath, and then slowly moved his gaze upwards along the back of the hand.
Her face, which already had a superior bone structure and a clear jade complexion, still showed its exquisite charm even when half of it was covered. Under her long eyelashes, her eyes, which looked like glass, were now filled with her figure.
"Gurgle."
It was the sound of Jiang Wan swallowing.
Lin Xubai is very handsome, the kind of handsome that Jiang Wan wants to collect into her album as soon as she sees him. She has always been very clear about this.
I really want to take a screenshot.
Lin Xubai: ???
He glanced behind Jiang Wan, frowned slightly, and then his gaze returned to Jiang Wan's hand. His eyes, as clear as autumn water, opened with a hint of anger, and he looked at Jiang Wan with surprise and incomprehension.
Did you forget that you used a spiritual weapon to conceal your aura?
Jiang Wan blinked guiltily and said, "Didn't I forget about it for a moment? Then I'll let you go now, and you mustn't make a sound."
Something is not right now.
Lin Xubai nodded slightly, indicating that he was aware of the situation and would definitely not make any noise.
Jiang Wan loosened his hand, but Lin Xubai's expression was still helpless. Jiang Wan, who was pressing on him, did not move at all. Instead, she adjusted her posture and lay quietly on him to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two people approaching in the distance.
Jiang Wan nodded vigorously at Lin Xubai and said, "I promised to protect you in every way, and there will be no chance for you to leave my sight!"
Lin Xubai, who is 'fully protected': ...
A young couple was coming over from a distance. Judging from what they had said before, they were an engaged couple who had heard the rumors about Yongshu Township and came here to pledge their love.
The man was born in Xuanyun Valley, and the woman was a female cultivator from an aristocratic family who had been his childhood sweetheart.
This was also the reason why Jiang Wan saw the change in the visitor's expression. Thanks to Lin Xubai's popular science, she recognized the man's origin at a glance.
"How beautiful! This is the Red Love Flower Sea in Yongshu Township. It really lives up to its reputation," the woman exclaimed. "I heard that this sea of flowers can identify lovers."
The woman's delicate voice was unconsciously tinged with a chill.
She smiled sweetly, but the curve of her lips was extremely stiff.
But the man next to him, whose heart was preoccupied with his beloved, didn't notice this subtle change.
"Since you love me so much, prove it to me."
"What?" The man didn't understand.
"I heard there's a flower of love in this sea of flowers, and only true lovers can find it. Since you love me so much, then find it for me, pick it, and hold it in front of me."
"Flower of Love?" The man looked at the sea of flowers with some hesitation.
The woman tilted her head and said, "Why, Brother Yuan, you don't like me, your feelings for me are false, so you won't get a flower of love for me?"
"How is that possible? Of course I like you! But this sea of flowers is too big, and..."
"So what if you're big? You're a cultivator, but you're not even as good as an ordinary mortal." The woman's voice was ethereal, as if floating from all directions, a mixture of tenderness and coldness. "Brother Yuan is worried about the dangers of the flower sea, so he's been reluctant to leave."
After saying this, the woman looked at the man's hesitation and her whole body turned even colder. She spoke slowly and seductively, "Brother Yuan, have you forgotten that although Yongshu Township only allows entry but not exit, as long as you make up a convincing story and abide by this rule, there will be no danger.
The stories made up by those monks who turned into fertilizer and nutrients for the flowers were not touching enough, nor sincere enough, and could not convince people.
You just went to the sea of flowers to pick a flower of love to express your deep love for me and to prove our love story. How could there be any danger? "
An indescribable chill spread in the air, and the sweet floral scent gradually turned into a cold fragrance, becoming more and more intense.
"Yes, yes, what I'm doing is completely in line with the rules and there's no danger." As if bewitched, the man nodded repeatedly.
As if the joints of wood lacked lubrication, the man walked awkwardly into the sea of flowers.
"I didn't expect that the lover that Daoist Gong mentioned that day turned out to be a heartless person." Lin Xubai pretended to be full of emotion, but actually took the opportunity to push Jiang Wan, and unfolded a screen of musical notes for Jiang Wan to look at before sticking it on him.
Jiang Wan climbed up with the help of Lin Xubai. "I can't blame him. I guess he doesn't even remember who he is now, let alone Gong Mei. She should have almost forgotten too."
"This is such a sad story." Lin Xubai slowly straightened his clothes and cleared off the non-existent dust on his body.
Jiang Wan's mouth twitched when she heard this. You don't look like you're sad.
But I really didn't expect to see the sweetheart that Gong Mei mentioned here.
"Sure enough, there's something fishy about this sea of flowers. Xiaobai, do you know what kind of flower this is?" Jiang Wan casually grabbed a white stem and nuzzled in. "It's not poisonous, but it smells really good. It smells just like the boss."
Jiang Wan repeated that the scent was the same as her boss's.
"Yeah, as expected." Lin Xubai was not surprised by this. Instead, he felt disgusted and speechless at Jiang Wan's risky move of smelling the flowers directly. "This is Lingxu Duxin seedling, not a flower."
Lin Xubai thought about it, then resigned himself to his fate and closed his eyes, then grabbed Jiang Wan's collar and pulled her back.
"Don't take risks. How do you know if this flower's fragrance has hidden secrets? You should know that poisons come in all shapes and sizes. Some poisons, while harmless, can control a person's mind and spirit. That alchemist is a lesson for us."
Although he said that, there was no worry on Lin Xubai's face, as if he was sure that the fragrance of these flowers was not poisonous and had no other effects.
Jiang Wan felt the same way. She didn't think the fragrance of the flower was poisonous, nor did she think it could control people.
Lingxuduxinmiao? That sounds very righteous.
"Hey, Xiaobai, you figured it out too. We really are the perfect match. We were both smart enough to spot the crux of the matter."
"Do you suspect the boss?" Lin Xubai did not deny it, but asked Jiang Wan instead.
Jiang Wan nodded: "Well, I was surprised when I heard Da'e say that before. It turned out that after the mutation in Yongshu Township, there was such selfless help for the weak. I also imagined several reasons, but when I met the boss, I found that none of those reasons were true.
I felt even more strange, especially when I smelled the floral scent on her."
As soon as she entered the inn, while Lin Xubai and Yun Manman were dealing with each other, she took a thorough look inside the inn and naturally noticed the flowers on the eaves.
"I have to say, we have a pretty good understanding. When we worked together to trick that Envoy into forcing the boss out, I thought it was the scent of the flowers she kept in the inn, but..."
Now it seems that the boss often comes to the sea of flowers secretly, and his body is pickled with the flavor.
Lin Xubai: ...
Who has the same mind as you?
Lin Xubai wanted to interrupt, but then he remembered that Jiang Wan was semi-illiterate, and felt that it was normal for her to use idioms indiscriminately.
"But when you were trying to sell her your 'spiritual weapons', you smelled a strange fragrance on her body." Lin Xubai took over, following Jiang Wan's train of thought, "It was the same scent we smelled while guessing lantern riddles and strolling through the market tonight, right?"
"Yeah, that's right!" So the suspicion on the boss increased.
"Both the peony and the crabapple are flowers that symbolize love. Why don't you suspect that the disciples of Tianyu Palace are in cahoots with this?"
"Don't you also think that it has nothing to do with the people from Tianyu Palace?" Actually, it was Lin Xubai who reminded her.
Jiang Wan knew that she wasn't that smart, nor was she a smart person, but she believed in Lin Xubai. After spending so much time with Lin Xubai, didn't she know what Lin Xubai's brain was like?
"I've seen how powerful a whip you use during the day, but I didn't expect you to be so skilled at turning silk into a sharp blade."
This sentence immediately caused Jiang Wan to lower Yun Manman's danger rating and kicked her out of the suspicion range.
The reason why Jiang Wan immediately ruled out the suspicion of Tianyu Palace was because—
"The female disciples of Tianyu Palace are trapped in love? Just think about it and you'll know that's impossible. They've been chasing after the senior brother for their graduation project and the ultimate kill list!"
Even when they make up love stories, they make sure they are in a high position to teach others a lesson with their force. They are absolutely obsessed with force.
You can say they are career-oriented, but you can never say they are love-oriented.
Otherwise, if the disciples of Tianyu Palace find out, they will think you are insulting them.
Speaking of this, we have to say that, in fact, from the very beginning, when Jiang Wan and Lin Xubai heard what Ishikawa Xi said and chose to let Ishikawa Xi lead the way to the inn, they were not rushing to save people.
Jiang Wan intuitively felt that there was something wrong with the inn, while Lin Xubai saw directly that there was something wrong with the inn. Both of them were just testing the waters under the pretext of saving people.
Well, come and try it out. If it’s convenient, I’ll save him. If it’s not convenient?
Forget it then.
If Jiang Wan inferred that Tu Changxing had a way to save his life based on his understanding of him, then Lin Xubai saw that Tu Changxing was fine, just locked up and could not die.
As a young person, you should gain more experience like this.
Besides, who says that being caught is definitely safer than not being caught?
Tu Changxing, who was arrested and then imprisoned: ???
It was a wrong decision after all! .JPG
"But how did you find out that it has nothing to do with Tianyu Palace?" Jiang Wan asked curiously.
"Do you remember what Fellow Daoist Tu told us during the day?"
——In Yongshu Township, everyone must have a story of their own.
"Otherwise, if your story is no longer remembered by others, or is gradually forgotten by them, then your existence will gradually become transparent, and you will become nothing more than nutrients for the sea of flowers outside the city, and eventually disappear."
"Oh~ So this is what you meant when you said that to her!" Jiang Wan suddenly realized, her eyes full of admiration for Lin Xubai's ability to test three results with just one sentence.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Jiang Wan's mind like lightning.
Jiang Wan:!!!
"I understand. No wonder that Envoy Huan, who doubted our Script 1 earlier, was so easily fooled by our fabricated Script 2."
I was surprised. The value of Xiaobai's words continued to increase.
No wonder Xiaobai chose to test it openly instead of sneaking in to investigate secretly.
"Xiaobai! You're so smart!" Jiang Wan's eyes lit up, and he gave her a thumbs-up. "Amazing!"
Although Lin Xubai couldn't understand Jiang Wan's gestures, he understood what Jiang Wan meant.
"However, you surprised me. You were able to see it this time. You guessed it from the beginning?" Lin Xubai actually felt a strange sense of relief that his own child had made progress.
A person who has never been very smart actually became smart for once, and what is rare is that the timing was perfect.
"No, that's not the case. It was when we tricked that Joy Envoy into becoming lame. I only had a small guess, and I wasn't sure."
"What really confirmed my thoughts was the wonderful show just now."
In fact, she just wanted to steal the show at first. It seemed that Xiaobai misunderstood. In that case, it would be better for her not to expose it.
From the beginning, Yun Manman's unfaithful drama, to when they were in the inn, the other party easily believed the story they made up, as well as what happened just now.
This is enough to explain——
"As long as your story is logical and convincing, then they will believe that your story is true."
This is where all the problems in Yongshu Township lie.
Recalling the encounter from the very beginning with the Envoy of Joy, You Sheng, Rao Zhiyi, and Ishikawa Nishi who tried to plot against them but got caught.
The words of each of them can be connected to form an information network that testifies to each other.
No one was telling a lie, they all thought they were telling the truth, and of course they were telling the truth.
But, under normal circumstances, who wouldn't be suspicious?
It was right for the monks trapped in Yongshu Township to choose to eat fasting pills, but the problem was not with the things that took them in.
But——
Every day after sunset, fireworks are set off.
"It seems to be the Soul Devouring Powder."
The words fell.
White flames shot up into the sky.
In an instant.
The beautiful sea of flowers that originally resembled cotton candy clouds suddenly surged violently, revealing the intricate serrated roots underneath. Beneath the roots were horrifying, dried-up, blood-colored bones.
Immediately following.
Dense human figures appeared one after another on this white sea of fire.
They are the people of Yongshu Township.
They all maintained identical, stiff smiles, their necks twisted at unnatural angles.
The burning white flames seemed to be constantly absorbing blood from its roots, gradually transforming from white flames into blood flames.
Suddenly, thousands of black heads turned towards Jiang Wan and Lin Xubai. Their dark pupils, lit by blood flames, reflected the silent smiles blooming behind them.
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